Benefit Take-Up Strategy 2026-2031 - Easy Read version
Scotland’s Benefit Take-up Strategy 2026-31 aims to ensure people get the financial support they are entitled to through a more accessible and joined-up system. The strategy focuses on increasing awareness, access and uptake to reduce poverty and improve wellbeing.
Overview
Social security (benefits) help people with money when they need extra support.
It is a human right for everyone in Scotland.
In Scotland people will get benefits from Social Security Scotland, Local Councils and the UK Government.
They help families with the extra costs that can come from having a disability, raising children, caring for loved ones, or being unwell.
If you are entitled to a benefit, it means you have a right to receive it.
The Scottish Government wants everyone who can get a benefit to have it. This is called benefit take-up.
Scottish Parliament legislation asks Scottish Ministers to think how to help people get their benefits.
Helping people get benefits is not just about knowing they exist.
It’s important that people:
- Understand what they can get
- Know where to find help
- Can get help easily without facing problems
- Find applying as easy as possible.
Contact
Email: Tasneem.Irshad@gov.scot